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Photographs of Mason family and friends, 1969-2003

Date

1969 to 2003

Description

Nine photographs of members of the Mason Family with various friends throughout the years of 1969-2003.

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Transcript of interview with Betsy Fretwell by Claytee White and Stefani Evans, August 30, 2016

Date

2016-08-30

Description

Shortly before the University of Georgia granted Betsy Fretwell Master's degree in public administration in 1991, she applied for a one-year internship with Clark County, Nevada. The County hired her, but Fretwell did not complete her internship. Instead, the County promoted her, hired her full-time, and soon had her lobbying for the County's interests in Carson City. Her insistence on learning all sides of a question and communicating that knowledge to the decision makers was one of the skills that made her so valuable to Clark County administrators. In this interview, Fretwell discusses her South Carolina childhood, her affinity for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, and the path she took to occupy the office of city manager for the City of Las Vegas. She talks about her years at Clark County and a term at the City of Henderson, but she mostly focuses on her sixteen years at the City of Las Vegas, first as assistant city manager under Virginia Valentine and later as city manage

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Meeting and reports, 1963-1997

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Series

Scope and Contents

Materials contain board meeting notes, annual secretary reports, program reports, and year end reports from 1963 to 1997.

Archival Collection

Junior Mesquite Club Records
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Collection Number: MS-00444
Collection Name: Junior Mesquite Club Records
Box/Folder: N/A

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Transcript of interview with Craig Palacios by Stefani Evans and Claytee White, September 27, 2016

Date

2016-09-27

Description

Craig Palacios was born on November 1, 1971 and grew up in the Paradise Palms neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada. His family lived close to him and he remembers playing with his relatives up and down the Maryland Parkway Corridor. His first job was in construction where he poured and finished concrete. His talents for design became apparent and he began a new job as a swimming pool designer. Craig’s first company was a concrete company, but he later had to close its doors. After that, Craig decided to attend college and graduated with degrees in Architecture and Art History from UNLV in 2005. He worked for YWS Architecture for a few years before opening his own studio in 2011. Since then, BunnyFish Studio has worked on the Downtown Project and the Maryland Parkway Project.

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